Gotham may refer to:
Places
United Kingdom
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Gotham, Dorset, a hamlet near
Verwood, Dorset, England
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Gotham, Nottinghamshire
Gotham ( ) is a village in Nottinghamshire, England, with a population of about 1,600, measured at 1,563 in the 2011 census. It is in the borough of Rushcliffe, and has a parish council.
The name Gotham comes from the Old English for "goat h ...
, England
United States
* New York City; see
Nicknames of New York City
During its four-century history, New York (commonly known as New York City) has been known by a variety of alternative names and euphemisms, both officially and unofficially. Frequently shortened to simply "NY" or "NYC", New York is also known as ...
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Gotham, Wisconsin
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Gotham Comedy Club, a venue for stand-up comedy in New York City
Media and entertainment
Film, television and video games
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''Gotham'' (film), a 1988 thriller
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Gotham Awards
The Gotham Awards () are American film awards, presented annually to the makers of independent films at a ceremony in New York City, the city first nicknamed "Gotham" by native son Washington Irving, in an issue of ''Salmagundi'', published on ...
, given for cinema achievement
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Gotham Games
Gotham Games, Inc. was an American video game publisher based in New York City. Founded in July 2002 and headed by Jamie Leece, the company was shut down in December 2003.
History
Gotham Games was launched as a publishing label and subsidia ...
, a video game publisher
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Project Gotham Racing'', video game franchise
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''Gotham'' (TV series), a Fox live-action television prequel of the Batman franchise
Books, magazines and print
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Gotham City
Gotham City ( ), or simply Gotham, is a fictional city appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics, best known as the home of the superhero Batman and his allies and foes. Created by writer Bill Finger and artist Bob Kane, t ...
, fictional home of DC Comics' Batman
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''Gotham'' (magazine), targeted at affluent New Yorkers
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Gotham: A History of New York City to 1898'', a 1998 book by American historians Edwin G. Burrows and Mike Wallace
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Gotham Academy, fictional school
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Gotham Books
Avery Publishing is a book publishing imprint of the Penguin Group, founded as an independent publisher in 1976 by Rudy Shur and partners, and purchased by Penguin in 1999. The current president is veteran publisher William Shinker. Their offices ...
, an imprint of Penguin Books
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Gotham Gazette
The ''Gotham Gazette'' is an online publication of the Citizens Union Foundation of the City of New York, a government watchdog group focusing on issues confronting New York City. Its purpose is fourfold: it reports daily on New York City news, ...
'', a journal in New York City
*"Gotham", a poem by
Charles Churchill
Music
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''Gotham'' (album), 1999 album by Bauhaus
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Gotham City
Gotham City ( ), or simply Gotham, is a fictional city appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics, best known as the home of the superhero Batman and his allies and foes. Created by writer Bill Finger and artist Bob Kane, t ...
'', 1981 album by Dexter Gordon
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Gotham (band), New York City horn rock band from the early 1970s
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Gotham!'', 2002 album by the band Radio 4
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Gotham Chamber Opera Gotham Chamber Opera was a professional opera company located in New York City. The company was founded in 2000 under the name of the Henry Street Chamber Opera by Artistic Director Neal Goren and specialized in producing rarely performed chamber o ...
, opera company in New York City
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Gotham Records, an American rhythm and blues label
Organizations
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Gotham Bar and Grill, a New American restaurant in New York City
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Gotham Book Mart
The Gotham Book Mart was a famous Midtown Manhattan bookstore and cultural landmark that operated from 1920 to 2007. The business was located first in a small basement space on West 45th Street near the Theater District, then moved to 51 West 47t ...
, a bookstore and literary salon in Manhattan
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Gotham Entertainment Group, a South Asian publishing company
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Gotham, Inc.
Gotham, Inc. is an American advertising agency based in New York City.
The Interpublic Group established Gotham in 1994, and it continues to operate as an independent agency of the global marketing services holding company. With this relationshi ...
, an advertising agency
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Gotham Writers' Workshop
Gotham Writers Workshop is the United States's largest adult-education writing school. It was founded in New York City in 1993 by writers Jeff Fligelman and David Grae. It was one of the first schools to offer online education, launching its onl ...
, an adult writing academy
People
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Gotham Chopra
Gotham Chopra (born Gautam Chopra on February 23, 1975) is an American sports documentarian, media entrepreneur, producer, podcast host, director, journalist, and author. He is a co-founder of Religion of Sports, Liquid Comics, Chopra Media, and ...
(born 1975), American media entrepreneur and film/TV documentary director, son of author Deepak Chopra
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Nic Gotham
NIC may refer to:
Banking and insurance companies
* National Insurance Corporation, Uganda
* NIC Bank, a commercial bank in Kenya
Politics, government and economics
* National Ice Center, an agency that provides worldwide navigational ice a ...
(1959–2013), Canadian jazz saxophonist and composer
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Rich Gotham (born 1964), president of the Boston Celtics
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GothamChess, username of American chess youtuber IM Levy Rozman (born 1995)
Railways
* Gotham, a train operated by Amtrak as part of the ''
Clocker'' service between Philadelphia and New York City
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Gotham Curve, until 1967 the sharpest curve on a standard gauge railway line in the UK
Sports teams
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NJ/NY Gotham FC
NJ/NY Gotham FC is a professional women's soccer team based in Harrison, New Jersey. Founded in 2006 as Jersey Sky Blue, the team was known as Sky Blue FC from 2008 until 2020. A founding member of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) in 201 ...
, a professional women's soccer club, known as Sky Blue FC prior to 2021
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New York Gothams
The New York Giants were a Major League Baseball team in the National League that began play in the season as the New York Gothams and were renamed in . They continued as the New York Giants until the team relocated to San Francisco, Californi ...
and
Brooklyn Gothams
The Brooklyn Gothams were an American basketball team based in Brooklyn, New York that was a member of the American Basketball League.
Before the 1946/47 season the team was known as the New York Gothams
The New York Giants were a Major Leag ...
, a team in the
American Basketball League
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New York Gothams
The New York Giants were a Major League Baseball team in the National League that began play in the season as the New York Gothams and were renamed in . They continued as the New York Giants until the team relocated to San Francisco, Californi ...
, the original name of baseball's New York/San Francisco Giants
Other uses
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Gotham (typeface), by designer Tobias Frere-Jones
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Palantir Gotham
Palantir Technologies is a public American software company that specializes in big data analytics. Headquartered in Denver, Colorado, it was founded by Peter Thiel, Nathan Gettings, Joe Lonsdale, Stephen Cohen, and Alex Karp in 2003. The comp ...
, a data-mining platform by Palantir Technologies
See also
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Gotham Screen Film Festival & Screenplay Contest
GOTHAM SCREEN is an American cinematic event which became the newest addition to New York City's film festival scene.
After its debut in 2007 as a screenplay contest, Gotham Screen, or GSIFF International Film Festival, has been expanded to sho ...
, a New York City film festival
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Gothem, a settlement on the Swedish island of Gotland
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